US5378540AExpiredUtilityPatentIndex 95

Absorbable coating and blend and suture coated therewith

Assignee: DEKNATEL TECHNOLOGY CORP INCPriority: Dec 29, 1988Filed: Aug 24, 1993Granted: Jan 3, 1995

Est. expiryDec 29, 2008(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority

Inventors:OLSON JAMES R

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Absorbable coating and absorbable blend of polycaprolactone ant crystallization modifier especially suitable for use in the coating of surgical sutures and in the controlled release of chemical or pharmaceutical agents.

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       1. An absorbable surgical suture comprising at least one filament of poly(glycolic acid) coated with an absorbable coating which comprises a blend of about 95 to about 5% by weight a homopolymer of -caprolactone and about 5 to about 95% by weight of a crystallization modifier selected from the group consisting of crystalline fatty acids and crystalline esters of fatty acids which are saturated C 12  -C 18  fatty acid esters of polyhydric alcohols. 
     
     
       2. The suture according to claim 1 wherein said suture comprises a copolymer having at least 85% glycolic acid units.

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